What if the leftist Revolution finally arrived and no one noticed?
By Ken Falkenstein | Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 | PoliticsIn case you hadn’t noticed, over the past couple of weeks the leftist dregs of society have all gathered together to mount their big Revolution. Specifically, they have “occupied” Wall Street and from there spread their Revolution to “occupy” cities across the country. As Norm Leahy notes, they even plan to “occupy” Richmond. (If the Revolution goes international, maybe they’ll occupy the West Bank and Gaza Strip too….)
They’ve come with their signs and chants and demands to end to capitalism, guarantee jobs and health care to all (with, of course, no plan as to how it should be paid for), and re-elect their messiah, Barack Obama (who has stayed away in order to give his news media the opportunity to ignore the fact that his rhetoric and agenda are specifically what has inspired the Revolution).
So, here, finally, is the big Revolution predicted by Marx and Kruschev! The people have risen, and a new day has come for America! Vive la Revolution!
Except for one thing: No one has noticed.
Even as the Revolution takes place outside its windows, Wall Street continues to be the engine of capitalism, with its stock exchange in full operation. American banks continue to function with the confidence of the people (much to the chagrin of Democrat Senate Whip Dick Durbin). In cities and states across the country, the machine of American democracy remains intact, and elections are on track to be held as scheduled (much to the chagrin of North Carolina’s Democrat governor, Beverly Perdue).
No one – and I mean no one – is talking about the Revolution. It is not water cooler conversation. It is not Facebook chatter. It is not even fodder for late-night comedians. The big collectivist Revolution has arrived, and America has met it with a collective yawn.
And there’s a reason for that: America is not a leftist country. No matter how bad the economy, the American people are rugged individualists who abhor the leftists’ collectivist agenda. And so, while the uneducated, unsanitary, uncouth leftists of our country take to our streets to start a Revolution in lieu of finding honest work, the American people go about our daily lives, working, producing, raising our children, loving our spouses, worshiping God, and pursuing happiness. And we do so complete in the knowledge that we have the opportunity to do so because we live in a free country with a free enterprise system that gives every American unlimited opportunity for anyone willing to work for it.
And so, the unwashed leftists march on, President Obama continues his campaign of class warfare, Dick Durbin tries in vain to further cripple the economy by trying to spur a run on an American bank, and Governor Perdue seeks to suspend elections. Meanwhile, the American people laugh at the spectacle and go on with our lives.
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Ken Falkenstein has been a staffer in the United States Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates. He has managed political campaigns. He was a military intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army in West Germany during the Cold War. He is currently a civil litigation attorney with Poole Mahoney, P.C. in Virginia Beach. But his concern for his kids' future is what most informs his writing.
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6 Responses to "What if the leftist Revolution finally arrived and no one noticed?"
This is really dismissive and cold, Ken. And spot on.
The entitlement class has finally come to their reckoning. “The world owes me a living.” “I graduated from college and my degree in Nothing Productive Studies means that I should be hired by any company I want to work for.” “Dammit, I voted for Hope and Change three years ago and all I got was 9% unemployment. It must be the fault of those people who have jobs and something going for them, not Obama.”
These are the adults who were raised when everyone in the Saturday morning soccer league got to play and every team and every team member won a trophy. They were indoctrinated to feel good about themselves instead of feeling good about their country. They have taken and taken and taken and have never had to give back. And now they want their payday.
Pathetic.
Time to start our “Mockupy” movement.
As much as I agree with the article and the comments, it still scares me when I think of those “protesting” (rioting??) in the streets and the 49% of working Americans who pay no income tax at all.
Movements have beginnings; I just hope that there are enough people who believe in opportunity vs give it to me for free…and that those in the streets will go quietly away.
Mockupy — does that mean we can march with our own signs inside their “protest” on 15 Oct?
“Handouts for the Hungry”
“Feed a Hipster”
“PBR for the Masses!”
Someone should make signs…
Why do you think the media isn’t really talking about the Occupy movement? Is it because they don’t see this as a legitimate movement or because it could make the left bad, or could it be something else entirely? I mean, the media couldn’t get enough of the Tea Party movement during its early days.
Jason,
You are not looking hard enough. Ben Bernanke thinks they are swell. He knows these types do not think he’s a bad guy. Hey, he’s printing money so poor people can have some too. Whatever doesn’t stick to the fingers of the cronies.
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